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 pense of such action shall be paid out of the district treasury, unless otherwise ordered by the court.

§ 70. SALARY OF SCHOOL TREASURER.] The school treasurer shall be paid for his services such sum as shall be fixed by the board, not less than five (5) nor more than twenty-five (25) dollars per annum.

ARTICLE VI.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.

§ 71. GENERAL POWERS.] The district school board shall have the general charge, direction and management of the schools of the district, and the care, custody and control of all the property belonging to it, subject to the provisions of this act.

§ 72. POWER TO ESTABLISH SCHOOLS.] It shall organize, maintain and conveniently locate schools for the education of the children of school age within the district, or change or discontinue any of them according to law.

§ 73. REPAIRS, FUEL AND SUPPLIES.] It shall make all necessary repairs to the school houses, outbuildings and appurtenances, and shall furnish fuel and all necessary supplies for the schools.

§ 74. FURNITURE, MAPS, REGISTERS, ETC.] It shall furnish to each school all necessary and suitable furniture, maps, charts, and apparatus, including Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. The school registers and all school blanks used shall be those furnished by the State Educational department.

§ 75. TEACHERS, HOW EMPLOYED, QUALIFICATION.] It shall employ the teachers of the schools of the district, and may dismiss any teacher at any time for plain violation of contract, gross immorality or flagrant neglect of duty; Provided, That no person shall be employed as teacher or permitted to teach in any public school who is not when so employed or permitted to teach the holder of a teacher's certificate valid in the county or district in which such school is situated; and, Provided, further, That every contract for the employment of a teacher must be in writing.

§ 76. ADMISSION OF PUPILS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.] It shall have power to admit to the schools in the district pupils from other districts when it can be done without injuring or overcrowding such schools, and shall make regulations for their admission and the payment of their tuition. It shall have power to arrange with the board of an adjacent district for sending to such district, such pupils as can be conveniently taught therein and for paying their tuition therein. It shall also have power to make proper and needful rules for the assignment and distribution of pupils to and among the schools in the district and their transfer from one school to another.

§ 77. RULES-SUSPENSION OF PUPILS, ] It shall assist and cooperate with teachers in the government and discipline of the schools, and may make proper rules and regulations thereof. It may